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Acknowledgments ix
Prologue: World A (Agreement) and World B (Boilerplate) xiii

Part I. Boilerplate, Consumers' Rights,and the Rule of Law 1

- Chapter 1 An Overview of Worlds A and B 3

- Chapter 2 Normative Degradation: Deleting Rights without Consent in the Name of Contract 19

- Chapter 3 Democratic Degradation: Replacing the Law of the State with the "Law" of the Firm 33

Part II. Boilerplate and Contract Theory: Rationales and Rationalizations 53

- Chapter 4 A Summary of the Philosophy of Contract: The Theories of World A 55

- Chapter 5 Can Autonomy Theory (Agreement, Consent) Justify Boilerplate Deletion of Rights? 82

- Chapter 6 Can Utilitarian-Welfare (Economic) Theory Justify Boilerplate Deletion of Rights? 99

Part III. Boilerplate and Contract Remedies: Current Judicial Oversight and Possible Improvements 121

- Chapter 7 Evaluating Current Judicial Oversight 123

- Chapter 8 Can Current Oversight Be Improved? 143

- Chapter 9 Improving Evaluation of Boilerplate: A Proposed Analytical Framework 154

Part IV. Escaping Contract: Other Remedial Possibilities 187

- Chapter 10 "Private" Reform Ideas: Possible Market Solutions 189

- Chapter 11 Reconceptualizing (Some) Boilerplate under Tort Law 197

- Chapter 12 "Public" and Hybrid Regulatory Solutions 217

Afterword: What's Next for Boilerplate? 243
Notes 249
Index 313